Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] block/blk-mq: fix RT kernel regression with dedicated quiesce_sync_lock

[Keith Busch]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:49:46PM +0200, Ionut Nechita (Wind River) wrote:
> diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
> index 0ad3dd3329db7..888718a782f88 100644
> --- a/block/blk-mq.c
> +++ b/block/blk-mq.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ bool __blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q,
>  		percpu_ref_kill(&q->q_usage_counter);
>  		mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock);
>  		if (queue_is_mq(q))
> -			blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false);
> +			blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, true);

I didn't see the reasoning for this path to run in async mode. Is this
change related to this patch?